About Me

Ciao. My name is Beth and this is my Italian history: My great grandfather Andrea Bavetta immigrated to the United States in 1915 from Santa Margherita di Belice in Sicily. His first wife was Liboria Giovenco who died in Santa Margherita in 1908 before the family immigrated to the United States. Their children, all born in Santa Margherita, were Luciano (my grandfather), Giuseppe, Calogero, Caterina, Rosalia and Domenica. Andrea Bavetta remarried after the death of his first wife Liboria to Grazia Puccio and they had a son, Vicenzo. After the family immigrated to the United States, they had two more children, Grace Helen and Liboria Bertha. For me, what began as a simple search for ancestors in Italy has turned into a love affair. This blog is my story.

Beth Beeman lives and writes from the beach city of San Clemente, California. She is interested in food, genealogy, wine and all things Italian.

Beth – I was just in Rome last week! Stumbled upon your blog this morning and it’s great. We moved to England a year ago and are loving the new way of living. (Colder, wetter, smaller.) Let me know if you make it over to the UK. My wife is blogging about our experiences here. 5280milesfromhome.wordpress.com

Thank you so much for following my adventures on The Reluctant Retiree. I do hope you will enjoy the posts even though we have now moved on from Italy. Good luck with your rediscoveries! Garrulous Gwendoline

Hi Beth, thank you for your “like” on my blog, it always positively surprises me and make me feel someway lucky the love which people around the world show for Italy or, as in your case, how proud are of their italian origins.
Take care, ciao!
Gabriele

Gosh, what a marvellously classic bunch of Sicilian names you listed!!!!

Do you know about the Times of Sicily?http://www.timesofsicily.com/
It’s an online newspaper for Sicilians abroad and for expats living in Sicily. It’s developing into a really friendly community and they are always looking for new contributors. So that might be a fun way for you to network – I am really enjoying it!

Hi… I know – and the very marvelous part is that they are recycled over and over again throughout family history and into the present. On occasion I read that publication..I should do it more. Thanks for following!